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Summary: One of The Best Manga Books
Review: I am a person who,has the talent to draw well, likes to draw, but has some trouble drawing Manga-style. These books, from the batch I ordered, are pretty helpful, you just have to add your talent and practise and you will equal a good artist.I ordered this book from this website and I was not disapointed. This is a great and unigue book.I don't think there might be anything like it or close to it again(except probably for HTDM martial arts and cmbat sorts) but I haven't read that book yet. This book show you almast everything you need... from different types of punches to different and kicks and their effect depending on which part of the body it hits (This is very important and I never got this right before I got this book)to grabbing, throwing and detaining someone. There is even a part showing how to draw different slaps. To the end it shows how to draw sailor scout uniform battle (in other words girls battling in their school uniform). There is alot of information packed into this book. Most of the characters are not drawn perfect like in some other HTDM books so you can easily apply the techniques from here to your own original characters but don't expect to learn how to draw a character from this book because this book is just for fighting reference! This book is a must have for anyone who want to learn how to draw fight scenes with manga characters or anything else along that line.
I will also recommend this for the general manga artist who is still unsure what to draw next.
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Summary: I used this when writing my book.
Review: I depend very heavily on the information in this book. I used it to help with fight illustrations in Dragon Nightmares.
Jam Foster
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Summary: Battle Scene Primer!
Review: I have the Japanese version of this book, and by the pictures alone I tell you this book is awesome! It shows you so many ways of illustrating moves, and gets you into the mood for drawing action. Now that I know the English version is out I will have to get it just to see what advice they give!
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Summary: Do not get this book
Review: I repeat: you do not want to get this book. I ordered it for a friend for christmas and I looked over it before I wrapped it. And boy, was I glad I did! This book has vile, obscene, and had highly unappropriate content. I was hideously disgusted and was so ashamed I picked the book in the first place- I walked to the trash can and put it in. A complete waste of money and I had to go to the store that night to find a last minute replacement book. If you want a book, I would highly recommend the book How to Draw Manga, All The Basics. That was the book I got for my other friend, and it was very impressive. At the risk of sounding redundant, I say: Unless you want to burn money- DON'T BUY THIS BOOK
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Summary: Illustrating Battles--very helpful for martial arts scenes!
Review: I started taking martial arts a couple of years ago just to help my cartoon characters learn to fight in a realistic way... this book can save you a couple steps (and dollars!) Beautiful pictures, very helpful, but I would not recommend this as a "how to draw" book for beginners... it's not good with 'step by step' stuff. If you can already draw, and want to figure out how to lay out 'speed lines' and dynamic action scenes, then this is a very good book for you! This book has shown me many moves I already know, but it puts it in an artists perspective, something my martial arts teacher lacks... It also has many other things I didn't know, it covers many styles of fighting. Being a Japanese release, it also has a big "Girls in Sailor School Uniforms Fighting" chapter, very helpful if you are drawing girls fighting in Sailor School uniforms.(?!) You have to love Manga to have an appreciation for that... heehee. In short, you don't have to sign up for Martial Arts lessons to learn how to draw realistic fighting scenes... this book WILL help. (I will continue to take my classes though!) The other books in this series are wonderful, as well, I can't wait for them to release more!
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Summary: I'm an animation nut
Review: I think this book would prove useful for flash animators. If you want to animate some cool fight sequences this book will provide a good reference. The art being fresh and inspiring to artists and animators a like enjoy.
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Summary: YO!! its Hella good ^_^
Review: I'm in the proces of making my own comicbook and this book helped me alot, for a person who never took a figure drawing class this book is great. It captures excelent posses and some odd junk.This book is realy good and I'm a picky moe foe and i like it aloooot.ok I hope this was helpfull to you cus i realy have to go to the bathroom, but I typed this long paragraph.
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Summary: A useful book on drawing those fight scenes.
Review: Maybe I'm a bit biased but I don't really draw a lot of fight scenes. However having this book I do know it instructs about all forms of battle scenes and about how the characters respond to attacks from an opponent (all things that make the drawing more believable). There is a section on doing the ever-popular "Seifuku" (Japanese school uniform) battles (the key is in the movement of the skirt). I still recommend this book, particular for people who want to draw lots of battle scenes.
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Summary: Get for a reference
Review: More then anything, this book is a reference to various battle moves from major battles to the lesser slap scenes. Hayashi gives a lot of examples from different perspectives, angles, and methods of doing the same attack like punches, kicks, throws, and even dodging. He even covered bruises, rips, getting up, and crouches.
The examples are practically all hand-to-hand combat. If you're into weapons, you could use the examples and substitute it for weapons but visually, you'll probably have a harder time putting it together.
This book is more for the experienced artist who is already familiar with anatomy and as mentioned earlier, this book is for reference. It doesn't provide you with any step-by-step instructions, just pointers.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK, GREAT PICTURES, but not for amateurs
Review: This book has everything you need to make your manga battle scenes great! It has awesome pictures, filled with speed lines, super-kicks, mega-punches,and girls in sailor suits!(yea!!) The only real problem with this book is that it doesn't tell you how to illustrate the battles. It just gives tons of examples to go by. But, other than that it's really cool!
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